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BarStatus

341 bytes added, 18:25, 12 August 2014
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Returns a numerical value, indicating the status of the most recent tick in the current bar of the specified data series.
A value of 0 indicates that the tick is the opening tick of the bar, 1 indicates that the tick is within the bar, and 2 indicates that the tick is the closing tick of the bar.
==== Usage ====
[[BarStatus(DataNum)]]
Where: [[DataNum]] - a numerical expression specifying A value of 0 indicates that the tick is the opening tick of the bar, 1 indicates that the tick is within the bar, and 2 indicates that the tick is the data number closing tick of the series bar.
If '''[[DataNumAllowSendOrdersAlways|AllowSendOrdersAlways]] ''' set to True allows order generation even when barstatus is not defined (-1 will be returned). == Usage ==<syntaxhighlight>BarStatus(DataNum)</syntaxhighlight>  Where:  :'''DataNum''' - a numerical expression specifying the data number of the series. If DataNum is not specified, a value for the current data series [[will]] be returned. ==== Example ====<syntaxhighlight>BarStatus(1)]] [[will]] </syntaxhighlight>Will return a value of 2 if the current tick in the data series with the data number 1 is the closing tick of a bar. <syntaxhighlight>if BarStatus(1) = 2 then Print("This is the closing tick of the bar.");</syntaxhighlight> Will print the specified message on the last tick of the current bar.
[[Category:Data Information/General]]

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